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` Lcrfm Pater-a No. 66,756.4, atea .my 9,1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERN: i

Beit known that I, DANIEL C. COLBY, of the city7 of Washington, in theDistrictof Columbia, have invented certain new and useful improyements in Bed-Bottomsl; and I do hereby declare .the following to be a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to tbe engravings n'bichacepmpanyand form a part of these specifications, Vin whichi Figure I represents dief-article in perspective.

Figiire II, a view of il' on a bedstead, showing the extra frame B raised to aid a person to sit up in bed when desiring so to do.

Letter A, a series of slats extending nearly the Vlength et' the bedstead. Letter B, a frame of an extra series of short slats, e e e, extending from the heada little less than one-half y way down the bed.

Letter C, .bedstearh which may be of any style or fashion. Letters a a, the -two outer slats of the frame A. Letters d d d, the other slats of the frame A and considerably thinner than a a` Letters e a e e, slats @gaming the principal part of the frame B. r"Letters f fftwo cross-bars conneeting t'xetwoouter slats a u., one 'alz'the head a'nrlthe'other at vthe foot.

Letters gg', the two end pieces of the frame B, g at the head an elastic strap or cord,-t,interlaccd with it, as scen in the drawings, and to this strapthe slats e c e e are attached beneath the bnr g.

Letter g lies beneath the frame A, and is attached rmly to each of the sla-ts e c.

Letters t' e', tweelastic straps or cords passing around the slats a a and the bar gto sustain this end ofthe frame B. Y I

Letters jj, two staples passing astride the cords iz' to keep them in position, andthe frame B maybe placed at any point up and down the length of the frame A simply by having a series of holes for the staples jj, ns shown by figs. 1 1 1 1 in the drawings.

i `Letters kik, two rods or bars attached to the two-outer slats of the frame B, and serre to sustain the said frame when raised as in Fi'gQII.

Figures 2 2 2 2, along the bars a a, are holes to receive the foot of the rods lc k. These being numerous along the bars a a, allow of raising the frame B more or less, as'desirod, and at any place along the bed.

To guide the rods Ic when the frame Bis being raised the grooves m m are rnn along the top of the slats a a.

The object of my invention is to provide a spring-bed bottom for family use, provided with the moans of raising and adjusting the head thereof for sick persons, and to so construct the said adjustable parts and coinbine'tbem as to make them operative at eitler end of the bed or at any place between the two ends. VThe red lines in the drawings show the frame B turned to the foot, and while in this way may be raised more or lessto'- suit the comfort of' a painful limb. Inl cases of Prolapsus uteri, or the like, thc extra frame B would be arranged near the centre of the be'd and raised to suit the occasion.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination ofthe extra frame B, or its equivalent, with the ordinary Spring-bed bottom, when arranged and operating sbstantially as and for the purposes set forth. 4

2. The combination of the rod y', the elastic straps or cords 'L' L', or their equivalent, the bara a a, and the staples jj, as and for the purposes shown.

3. The use of the rods c c, in conjunctionwith the bars a a, straps it', and stnplcsjj, to sustain thelramo B in the various positions shown and described.

DANIEL C. COLBY. Witnesses:

Aa'rnun Innxrzss, A. M. Bacon. 

